my new Banjo and Mandolin

[dylan]

both from lenker, who are roxoring my soxorz at the moment.

hotrods for $11, not $45 like in the shops! (im very poor, so these sums are for me the difference between spending and not spending)

$100 for the mando, its the only one ive ever played so cant comment on how good it is, but the banjo ($200) is way better than the 4-500 dollar ones ive been checking out in music shops.

thx lenker!

[Kev77]

Is that direct is through Trademe?

[Some Bozo]

amounts to the same thing., when you win an auction they direct you to their web shop to complete the sale, the auction price is usually their standard price

[dylan]

ive been buying direct off their web page so they dont have to pay a comish to trademe. next on my list, melodica, bug pickups, new high hat stand ($45!) coz the spring on my current 30 yr old one is crappy.

[Some Bozo]

if that's the melodica for thirty bucks or so, i have one, expect to spend ages tuning the reeds. It sounded awful out of the box

[dylan]

yep, my new lenker melodica is out of tune 10-30 cents on allmost every note. im gonna try the tuning method on melodicas.com/tuning...

[Kev77]

Ive got a hohner green saprano and a red alto for sale, button type 25 each - pm if you like

[Some Bozo]

yep, my new lenker melodica is out of tune 10-30 cents on allmost every note. im gonna try the tuning method on melodicas.com/tuning...

Not much on YouTube about melodicas , but there's a few vids about tuning harmonicas which is the same deal

[dylan]

well it took me 6 hours of sheer hell to get all the notes within +-5cents of in tune. however ive accidentally damaged 2 reeds (still work but sound odd), and am unable to reassemble it with the same air tightness it had before i dismantled it.

shoulda returned it as faulty... oh well, the rest of my lenker gear ive been very happy with. tho i do have gearlust for a better mandolin after playing a $1500 florentine one:)

[Bg]

thinking about getting a banjo, probably get a lenker to start with

[Some Bozo]

well it took me 6 hours of sheer hell to get all the notes within +-5cents of in tune. however ive accidentally damaged 2 reeds (still work but sound odd), and am unable to reassemble it with the same air tightness it had before i dismantled it.

shoulda returned it as faulty... oh well, the rest of my lenker gear ive been very happy with. tho i do have gearlust for a better mandolin after playing a $1500 florentine one:)

I wrecked a reed by somehow screwing the back on without being lined up with the holes and I ended up driving a screw right into the reed and bent it to bejiggery and now the note doesn't sound.

[Some Bozo]

Always wanted a banjo. I'm from Christchurch.

[corsair]

Always wanted a banjo. I'm from Christchurch.

Well, if you do, there's a pretty good bluegrass banjo player out Hornby way, or there was 6 years ago!

Banjos are hard if you are a talent free zone like me....

[dylan]

thinking about getting a banjo, probably get a lenker to start with

its a real brainbender when your right hand plays 5 strings but your left hand only frets 4. makes it really hard to work out what string your playing!

[Bg]

haha, yeah never thought about that. Might have to go with a 6 string just to stop complications